Poetry Guru

“Har ik dil pe mohabbat k ilzham nahi hotey,
“Mohabbat mojza hai,
mojzey aam nahi hotey,
“Mohabbat thori si b mil jaye to sanbhal k rakho
q k muhabbat k koi daam nahi hotay.

My adorable princess in the night
I searched the book of the cosmos for you
And there you were, my brightest star
A detailed flame of purest joy
That coalesced the heavens in extreme awe
The world, you have at your fingertips
And all the worlds and stars beyond
Tell me what you know of them
Do they shine from your essence
Or glow [...]

Finding love
is like finding one answer
to all of your prayers.

aa ki merii jaan mein qaraar nahii.n hai
taaqat-e-bedaad-e-intazaar nahii.n hai

dete hai.n jannat hayaat-e-dahar ke badale
nashshaa baa_andaazaa-e-Khumaar nahii.n hai

giriyaa nikaale hai terii bazm se mujh ko
haaye! ki rone pe iKhtiyaar nahii.n hai

ham se abas hai gumaan-e-ranjish-e-Khaatir
Khaak me.n ushshaq kii Gubaar nahii.n hai

dil se uThaa lutf-e-jalvaa haaye ma_anii
Gair-e-gul aa_iinaa-e-bahaar nahii.n hai

qatl kaa mere kiyaa [...]

abhii kyaa kahe.n abhii kyaa sunaayen
ke sar-e-fasiil-e-sukuut-e-jaa.N
kuf-e-roz-o-shab pe sharar numaa
vo jo harf jarf charaaG thaa
use kis havaa ne bujhaa diyaa

kabhi lab hilenge to pochna

sar-e-sahar-e-ahad-e-visaal-e-dil
vo jo nikahato.n kaa hujuum thaa
use dast-e-mauj-e-firaaq ne
tah-e-Khaak kab se milaa diyaa

kabhi gul khilenge to pochna

abhii kyaa kahe.n abhii kyaa sunaaye.N
yuu.N hii Khvaahisho.n ke fishaar me.n
kabhii be-sabab kabhii beKhalal
kahaa.N kaun [...]

dasht-e-shab par dikhaa_ii kyaa dengii
silavaTe.n roshanii me.n ubharengii

ghar ki deevaaren mere jaane par
apanii tanhaa_iyo.n ko sochengii

u.Ngaliyo.n ko taraash duu.N phir bhii
aadatan us kaa naam likkhengii

rang-o-buu se kahii.n panaah nahii.n
Khvaahishe.n bhii kahaa.N amaa.N dengii

ek Khushbuu se bach bhii jaa_uu.N agar
duusarii nikahate.n jaka.D lengii

khi.Dakiyo.n par dabiiz parde ho.n
baarishe.n phir bhii dastake.n dengii

badan mein aag si chehra gulaab jaisa hai
ke zahar-e-Gam kaa nashaa bhi sharaab jaisa hai

kahaa.N vo qurb ke ab to ye haal hai jaise
tere firaaq kaa aalam bhii Khvaab jaisaa hai

magar kabhii ko_ii dekhe ko_ii pa.Dhe to sahii
dil aa_iinaa hai to cheharaa kitaab jaisaa hai

vo saamane hai magar tishnagii nahii.n jaatii
ye kyaa [...]